High School Hills: Dreams & Nightmares Playtest - LeonIveyGames
Dog Pet Bug Fix
Old World - Fluffster
Main Branch 1.0.80396 release 2025-10-29

Headline changes

  • Leader archetype balancing for Heroes, Builders, Zealots and Diplomats

  • Added Road Improvement Ping (Map pin)

  • Rebel chance icon added to Cities Screen and City tooltip

  • MP setup and observer mode improvements

Design

  • Hero leaders can now Launch Offensive after attacking. This still puts the Hero unit on cooldown, so they cannot act after Launch Offensive

  • Add Urban (Builder Leader ability) stone costs doubled (20 on flat and 40 on hill)

  • Spending Civics to Enlist (Zealot Leader ability) no longer expires after 3 turns, but the effect is removed when the leader is removed from the unit

  • AI now requires a Diplomat leader to start a National Alliance. Increased probability of an alliance offer

  • Duplicate nations are now allowed even with preset leaders, as long as dynasties are not duplicated

  • Mounted units no longer get attack bonus into Marsh. Renamed Flat to Open for Mounted Attack bonus

  • Harbors give 100% bonus to adjacent nets, up from 60%

  • AI now aims to have have a minimum of about a tenth of its units be its Unique Unit

  • Eliminating the last unit of a tribe outside of a camp now also counts as eliminating the tribe and triggers elimination events

  • Specialist builds are allowed to continue after their improvement has been pillaged

  • Map options limiting the number of city sites now concentrate sites around player starts

  • Consorts can now be Regents without needing to be Royal. Ill characters will not be picked to be Regents

  • Added repair cost to Town and Village improvements

  • Free-for-all player starts no longer try to separate human players

  • Ambitions that require Wonders now consider Wonders owned by teammates to be impossible to acquire

  • When a preset character joins a preferred family their children now join the same family

  • Reduced the amount of Forest on the Desert map script. Removed option to specify starting inland or on the coast

  • Tribe units can now heal after moving

  • In No Events / No Characters, truce offers cost nothing if you're winning the war

  • Unit position swaps clears temporarily hidden state of the swap initiating unit

  • Characters with an active mission on them (like marriage) cannot be auto-married in the meantime

  • Great Lighthouse now applies faster upgrade bonus to existing hamlet class improvements, not only newly constructed ones

  • Added initial turn timer time stockpile. Slow adds 3 minutes, Medium 2 and Fast 1

Programming

  • Fixed several memory leaks (more improvements here coming next update)

  • Memory allocation optimization

  • Minor MP performance optimization

  • Improved AI for Zealot leader enlisting

  • AI no longer attacks civilians if doing so puts their units in danger of being killed

  • Unhardcoded some AI diplomacy parameters, made warState.xml more mod-friendly

  • Updated AWS SDK to 3.7

  • Modio version upgrade

  • Unity package updates

  • Added option for CRC tracing when loading mods

UI

  • Added Road improvement ping

  • Cities with effects that give Rebel chance are marked with a Rebels icon in the city list screen and city tooltip

  • Population in the city list screen is now a link to city specialists

  • Worker build action button yields no longer subtract unimproved tile yields

  • Map Overlay Customizer now has seperate options for Urban and Rural Improvements

  • Renamed the City Number options and City Site Density to City Site Spacing

  • Default player name in MP and network server name are now taken from the online platform nickname

  • MP Setup screen newly added players duplicate the parameters of the previous player

  • Cloud game hosts can now rename the game using the host control popup

  • In sequential turn network games, observer view automatically switches to the next player when the observed player's turn ends. This is disabled after manually switching to a different player

  • Observers now use their set language rather than the language of the observed player

  • Chat hotkey no longer works for non-host observers

  • Show Foreign Family Colors option now also applies to city widget crests

  • Clicking a General portrait on a selected unit now selects the character

  • Law tooltips now show family opinion changes instead of family class opinion

  • New Place Bonus decisions get sorted to the front of the event queue

  • Improvement pings no longer removed after a terrain change if the improvement is still valid or after a resource is added if the improvement matches the resource

  • Added foreign opinion helptext to specify the portion of the Ruthless AI opinion that is due to a player alliance

  • Added character archetype crest to mission targets

  • When a unit cannot complete a move, camera pans back to unit location and fatigued sound is played

  • Right-clicks on UI widgets now work with a tooltip locked

  • Moved some help text to the advanced help text option

  • Temporarily hidden units show a timer

  • Temporary hidden status is ignored for damage preview if unit has to move for previewed attack

  • Last choices for customized leaders are remembered

  • Succession list helptext (tooltip for the Inheritance button) shows archetype icons

  • Removed Follower list when selecting families

  • Remove the separate popups for dead/retiring governor, agent and general

  • Improved goal instructions in Learn to Play scenarios

  • City religious improvement tooltip now includes unfinished and pillaged improvements

  • Added tribe elimination notification

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixed AI development claiming more than the nation's share of city sites when using limited City Site Number options

  • Fixed agent tab not properly updating after assigning agent character

  • Fixed setup screen bug with number of players

  • Fixed modified trade values not being calculated in trade bonus helptext

  • Fixed city culture tooltip flicker

  • Fixed overlay customizer not updating toggles when re-opening after making unsaved changes

  • Fixed locked overlay highlight switching off of Custom when toggling customizer

  • Fixed improvement filter issues, include unfinished improvements

  • Fixed pillaging, burn and launch offensive not clearing hidden status

  • Fixed some issues with temporarily hidden units

  • Fixed retry cloud upload directing to succession UI

  • Fixed map selection with character assignment UI active

  • Fixed double state religion reference in happiness help text

  • Fixed AI leaving Wonders unfinished if interrupted

  • Fixed not being able to change language when it's not your turn

  • Fixed popup and decision processing when not the active player's turn

  • Fixed foreign characters showing on 1st turn of Hotseat game

  • Fixed custom nickname bugs

  • Fixed improvement net yield help text to include income from adjacent tiles that belong to a different city

  • Fixed game reload inconsistent state

  • Fixed pathfinder not being reset when a new tile is revealed

  • Fixed implicit conversion with maiMinStats/maiMaxStats

  • Fixed Recruit button not appearing with no orders

  • Fixed assassinating heir mission not giving achievement when heir exploring

  • Fixed AI not building most projects

  • Fixed map scripts sometimes generating marsh on hills

  • Fixed Regicide achievement not always triggering

  • Fixed characters incorrectly showing under Court filter

  • Fixed tile widgets not always updating after place bonus decision resolved

  • Fixed not being able to retire when there are no opponents in SP

  • Fixed possible null reference when a city is razed

  • Fixed Mounted unit attack bonus incorrectly being listed in tooltips as a negative defensive modifier

  • Fixed tribal unit movement bug

  • Fixed extra divider in improvement tooltip for improvements with no yields

  • Fixed event trigger text not always showing correctly

  • Fixed camera hotkeys not working in map editor

  • Fixed MP setup when playing scenarios where player order doesn't match scenario save

  • Fixed new tribe leaders not following their tribe's religion in Wrath of Gods scenario

  • Fixed mod infos initialization, source effects were not being properly set on new game. Fixes Rebel text in the Wrath of Gods scenario

  • Text and event fixes

Join the Old World Community

That’s it for now! You can follow along and join the discussion here:

Discord | Twitter | YouTube | Twitch | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit | Old World Wiki

https://store.steampowered.com/app/597180/Old_World/

Bonelords - z0gamestudios

New little change that I completed yesterday-

  • Added in little particles of bones that fly at you when you kill enemies.

    • Makes little sounds as you pick them up, sounds like a mix of coins and souls.

    • Sounds are very needed, they add in that little bit of polish and satisfaction as you play.

    • Kind of also works as a small alert that your traps on the other side are working.

  • Fixed a typo with the Aberrant Horseshoe.

Oct 29
Celestis - ArenMook
As requested, I've re-added the public internet multiplayer option to the game. I've also gone ahead and added Windward Horizon's simple local localization, where the game will automatically load the Localization.csv file found in My Documents/Celestis, so if someone wants to create a localized version in their language, they can now do that without the need of mods.

Well, back to work on Windward Horizon...
DDoD - o.samoilenko

Thank You for 30,000 Wishlists!Hey Survivors, We’ve just reached 30,000 wishlists on Steam, and that’s a big milestone for our small indie team! 

Thank you for every wishlist, every playtest, and every piece of feedback. You’re helping us make DDoD better with each update.

To celebrate, we’ve joined the Steam Scream Fest 2025 and added Halloween decorations across the map🎃


Watch our short trailer below to see what the world of DDoD looks like this Halloween:

Join the playtest and see what’s new:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2468200/DDoD

Bug Bash - VespineShooter

Hi everyone,

I'm excited to announce that Bug Bash will be changing from paid to free-to-play in one week, starting on 6 November 2025.

I'm making this change to allow more players to experience the game and grow the community. If you've already purchased Bug Bash, thank you for your early support - you'll continue to have full access to the game and any future updates.

The game will remain exactly the same, just accessible to everyone at no cost.

See you in the game!

Ancient Chinese Cities (Playtest) - 虾不咕

新内容:

  • 拓展八角亭、重檐歇山殿尺寸;

  • 新的创建建筑UI;

  • 重新命名多种建筑,使其规范化;

修复:

  • 修复在放置高墙出现报错;

  • 修复移除工具任何时候都会移除围墙的问题;

Outbreak Island: Pendulum - Lomaster
Early Access Release — Thank You for Joining the Journey!

Hey everyone!

I’m excited (and a little nervous!) to announce that Outbreak Island is now live in Early Access on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442530/Outbreak_Island/

This project has been a passion of mine for quite some time, and it’s finally at a point where I can share it with you. The game is still a work in progress, but it’s fully playable and already has a lot of what makes the core experience special. I’ll be actively developing and improving it with your feedback and ideas in mind.

What to Expect

The Early Access version includes:

  • The first third of the island to explore.

  • First main missions that reveal the island’s story.

  • The ability to restore your father’s abandoned farm and use it as a base.

  • A few types of enemies.

  • A garage for vehicle upgrades.

  • A weapon workbench for crafting and modifications.

  • A research table to unlock new skills and crafting recipes.

  • A radio station to locate supply crates — special containers with rare loot.

  • Basic farming, woodworking, metalworking, hunting, and fishing systems.

  • Over 25 large points of interest, each with its own unique tasks.

Over the coming months, I’ll be adding more content, polishing existing features, and expanding the world. You can check out the development roadmap on the Steam page to see what’s planned next.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1442530/view/533239065676352196

Feedback Welcome

Your feedback is incredibly valuable!
Whether it’s suggestions, bug reports, or just your thoughts after playing, everything helps make the game better. You can share feedback directly on the Steam Discussions, Discord, or wherever you prefer to connect. We also have official bug report form:
https://www.tinymagicians.com/outbreakisland/report/

Thank You

It means a lot that you’re here early to support this project.
Outbreak Island is something I’m building with passion, and I can’t wait to keep improving it together with this amazing community.

Thank you for playing and being part of the journey — this is just the beginning!

—Egis

Paddlenoid Playtest - blackvanderson
- Forgot the reenable sounds in previous build... 😬
Oct 29
Wattson the Bulb - Permatik

We’ve added the basic story to the game! Along with this update, several bugs related to the map and options menu have been fixed, and a basic tutorial has been added to help new players get started more smoothly.

Thank you all for your patience and feedback — it really helps us improve the experience!

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